Study of comparison of retinal imaging using smart phone and Indirect ophthalmoscopy in emergency wards.

Abstract

Ophthalmoscopy is required to be done in various emergency and non-emergency settings 1 . It is a useful clinical tool in emergency room to rule out certain life threatening conditions like features of raised intra cranial pressure in the form of papilledema. Retinal and disc imaging has been important part of assessment of other medical emergencies like trauma, hypertensive emergencies, optic neuritis, hemorrhagic disorders, high altitude retinopathy etc. In non-emergency settings diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy, ocular tuberculosis, vasculitis and vascular occlusions are main indications of ophthalmoscopy. In addition it also forms an integral part of examination of children under anesthesia in operation theatres for tumors like retinoblastoma.